Applying a filter on an animal list
Applying filters
The filter helps you to carry out a selection using filter criteria within the menu items Herd, Lists and Evaluation of the VitalControl device. As soon as you apply a filter, symbols for the various filter criteria appear at the top of the screen. These symbols are used to help you find out whether and which filter criteria are activated. For example, if you set the Sex filter to male, the device will only use male animals. For example, if you also activate the On watch filter, the device only uses male animals that are on the observation list.
To create a filter in the evaluations, proceed as follows:
In the submenu belonging to the top menu item
Evaluationpress theF3keyonce. Inside the submenu belonging to the top menu items
ListsandHerd, you have to press the key twice.A submenu opens in which you can set all filter options. You can filter by
Animal ID,Age,Sex,Transponder,National animal ID,Fever,On watch,Type of animalandAlarm.For the filters
Type of animal,Sex,TransponderandNational animal IDnavigate to the corresponding area and confirm withOK. Use the arrow keys ◁ ▷ to specify the desired setting. UseF3keyApplyto put the selected setting in place. To discard your filter changes, pressF1key.

For the filters
Animal IDandAgeselect the corresponding criterion and confirm withOK. You will now be shown a lower and upper limit. Navigate to the desired limit using the arrow keys △ ▽ and confirm by pressingOKtwice. Now you can set the desired number using the arrow keys ◁ ▷ and arrow keys △ ▽. Once all settings are correct pressOKagain to leave the setting mode and apply the selected filter(s) withF3keyApply. Using theF1key, you can discard your changes if desired.

For the filters
Fever,On watchandAlarmthere is a possibility to disable or enable their application. To do this, select the corresponding filter and confirm withOK. The filter is now active. Confirm again withOKto deactivate the filter.
Once you have set all the filters, use the
F3keyApplyto put the defined filters in place or pressF1keyto discard your changes to the filter(s).